Noctua today announced that it will continue its tradition of supplying customers with its premium-class SecuFirm2 mounting kits for novel platforms free of charge. While newer Noctua heatsinks support Haswell’s LGA1150 socket out of the box, older models can now be upgraded with the new NM-i115x kit at no additional cost.

Due to the spacing of the mounting holes being identical on LGA1150, LGA1155 and LGA1156, Noctua’s previous SecuFirm2 mounting systems for LGA115x also support Intel’s upcoming ‘Haswell’ platform. The following Noctua coolers already include SecuFirm2 mounting systems for LGA115x and can thus be used on LGA1150 mainboards without any upgrades or modifications: NH-C14, NH-D14, NH-C12P SE14, NH-L12, NH-L9i, NH-U12P SE2, NH-U9B SE2.

Users of older Noctua retail models that don’t include a SecuFirm2 mounting system for LGA115x can now obtain the new NM-i115x kit free of charge on Noctua’s website in order to make their heatsinks compatible with the new socket. To order the NM-i115x kit, a proof of purchase (photo, scan or screenshot of the invoice) of both an eligible Noctua CPU cooler and either an LGA115x mainboard or LGA115x CPU are required.

“We’re determined to provide the best possible support to our customers and over the years, we’ve sent many thousands of mounting kits free of charge to users who wanted to upgrade to new platforms”, says Mag. Roland Mossig (Noctua CEO). “With Haswell just around the corner, we’re pleased to announce that we’ll extend this offer for LGA1150. Owners of older Noctua retail heatsinks that don’t support LGA 115x out of the box will be able to upgrade to the new socket free of charge!”